New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 14 - DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE
Chapter XIII - Office of Mental Health
Part 598 - Integrated Outpatient Services
Section 598.4 - Definitions

(a) Behavioral health care means care and treatment of mental illness and/or substance use disorders.

(b) Diagnostic and treatment center means a medical facility as defined in 10 NYCRR section 751.1 or an extension clinic as defined in 10 NYCRR section 401.1(g).

(c) Governing authority means the entity that substantially controls the operator or provider of services to which a State licensing agency has issued an operating certificate. The governing authority is the body possessing the right to appoint and remove directors or officers, to approve bylaws and other organizational documents, to approve strategic or financial plans for a provider of services, or to approve operating or capital budgets for a provider of services.

(d) General hospital outpatient program means a distinct part or unit within a general hospital as defined by section 2801 (10) of the Public Health Law through which outpatient services, other than hospital-based ambulatory surgery services, are provided.

(e) Host site means a single outpatient site at which a provider who is licensed or certified by the Department of Health, the Office of Mental Health, or the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services is approved to provide integrated care services pursuant to this Part.

(f) Integrated care services means the systematic coordination of evidence-based physical and behavioral health care in clinics licensed by one or more State licensing agencies in order to promote health and better outcomes, particularly for populations at risk.

(g) Integrated services provider means a provider holding multiple operating certificates or licenses to provide outpatient services, who has also been authorized by a commissioner of a State licensing agency to deliver identified integrated care services at a specific site in accordance with the provisions of this Part.

(h) Medical director is a physician who is responsible for the medical services provided by the integrated services provider, for the overall direction of the medical procedures provided and the direct supervision of medical staff in the performance of medical services.

(i) Outpatient services means clinic services provided by a diagnostic and treatment center or general hospital outpatient program pursuant to PHL article 28, a mental health clinic licensed pursuant to MHL article 31, or a substance use disorder clinic licensed pursuant to MHL article 32.

(j) Primary care services means services provided by a physician, nurse practitioner, or midwife acting within his or her lawful scope of practice under title VIII of the Education Law and who is practicing primary care.

(k) State licensing agency means the State agency with statutory authority to license or certify a provider of outpatient services and designated in accordance with the provisions of this Part with responsibility to monitor compliance by an integrated services provider with the provisions of this Part. State licensing agency is limited to the Department of Health, the Office of Mental Health, or the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, as applicable.